J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Stettin from the Oder; Small Boat with Figures 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stettin from the Oder; Small Boat with Figures’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto
Stettin from the Oder; Small Boat with Figures 1835
D31100
Turner Bequest CCCVII 41
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermarked with a beehive surrounded by garlands and bees
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘RPP’ rear towards right (descending)
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘41’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCVII–41’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch rendered horizontally across the page shows Stettin from the River Oder. At right is a rough jotting of a boat with figures in a coastal or river landscape, which extends onto the folio opposite (Tate D31099; Turner Bequest CCCVII 41a). ‘RRP’ is inscribed next to the boat.
For other sketches of Stettin see Tate D31083–D31093, D31095–D31106; Turner Bequest CCCVII 32a–37a, 38a–44.

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Stettin from the Oder; Small Boat with Figures 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-stettin-from-the-oder-small-boat-with-figures-r1186975, accessed 19 September 2024.